"But they do not constitute the kind of super criminal threat that is represented by our terrorism legislation".
Still, Republicans said the cumulative impact of the session constituted the kind of social engineering that had gotten Democrats in trouble in the past.
"Particularly that sense of, 'what is going to constitute the kind of family that I'm aspiring to create for myself?'.
But with such high rates of reoperation, a new debate is emerging over whether breast implants constitute the kind of annuity medicine that will entail regular surgical tuneups, exposing patients to increased medical risk and out-of-pocket expenses.
The current political activities of large numbers of 501(c) organizations in no way constitute the kind of charitable work for which the public would grant favorable tax status as a reward.
In the lower courts, arguments have centered on whether a choice to not buy insurance constitutes the kind of economic "activity" that the Supreme Court has, in the past, found subject to federal regulation.
And as I say, if there were any inhibition on my ability to function, if it were the doctors' judgment that any of these developments constituted the kind of information that indicated I would not be able to perform, I'd be the first to step down.
"If there were any inhibition on my ability to function, if it were the doctors' judgment that any of these developments constituted the kind of information that indicated I would not be able to perform, I'd be the first to step down," Mr. Cheney said.
On the key question of whether Libya constituted the kind of vital national interest that would normally justify military intervention, Mr. Gates offered a blunt denial — one that hinted at the debate among Mr. Obama's advisers about whether to push for a no-fly zone.
Today such gatherings of cyclists and clipboard wielding eggheads constitute the kind of passé workaday grind Mark Cavendish and other top-class bike riders might mention in passing on their Twitter accounts, but back then such attention to detail was practically unheard of.
